Piano-stool music-cabinet.



F. GARDNER'. PIANO STOOL MUSIC GABLNET'.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.23 ma.

Patented Aug. 13,

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NIVEA/Tol? I FLOR/Nm GARDNER BY if' @JM NSNIMNI n.

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rLonrNna GARDNER, or senr Lann cnrs, UTAH.

` i Piano-simon Music-CABINET.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FLoniNDA GARDNER, a citizen of the United States,` residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented new and useful linproveinents in Piano-Stool Music- Cabinets, otwhich the following is a specifiw cation.

`My object is to make a piano" stool or bench having facilities for classifying and iiling inusic so that it will be readily accessible to the operator. Y

Figure 1 is a perspective of a piano stool niusic cabinet embodying the principles of iny invention.

' Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional detail on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3;

liig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

liig. l is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the operation of removing or inserting` one of the inusic pockets.`

Fig. 5 is a view analogousto Fig. 4l and showing the connection between the inusic pocket and the retaining rod. 4

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional detail illustrating the connection betweenthe iollower board and the retaining rod.

The bottoni boards 1 and 2` are inounted horizontally upon legs, 4, 5 and 6 with the longitudinalslot `7 between the boards and at the transverse centensaid slot extendingf` The side troni end to end of the boards. board 8 is liXed between the legs 3 and 1 and the side board 9 is iiXed between the legs 5 and 6. The end board 10 is fiXed between Vthe legs 3 and 5 and the end boardl 11 is liXed between the legs 11 and 6 so as to make a rectangular box, the upper ends of the legs 3, e, 5 and 6 and the upper edges of the boards 8, 9, 10 and 11 being flush. A retaining rod 12 is mounted with `its ends extending into the end boards 10 and 11` and said rod is centrally located in theslot 7 below the upper faces of the boards 1 and 2. The seat board 13 is adapted to cover onehalf of the box and extend over the end board 10, and hinges 14 connect the outer end of the seat board 13 to the upper edge of the end board 10, therebeing a `projection 15 extending from the seat board outwardly beyond the hinge so that when the seat board is swung to and slightly beyond a vertical position the projection 15 will engage `the face of the end board 1() fand hold the seat board in its upright position o speificaiioa of Letters raient p patftd Anglia 191g Application inedianuary es, isis. seriainaeiasei.

so as; to provide access to the interior.` The seat board 1b `is adapted `to cover the other half of the/box and extends" beyond the ,o end board lland is secured thereto by hinges lylthere beinfgfa "projection 18 extending `from the seat board beyond the hinges to engage. the end board 11"and holdfthe seat board in its upright position. y

A seriesoi' inusic pockets `19 is placedin the box and held in upright position by a i'ollower board 20. Each of the pockets19 is" adapted to receive a single class of inusic. Ylnother words, there inay be an independent `pocket toi" each class oifjn'iusic andas inany pockets as there are classes olinusic. Each `pocket is oi' niay be constructed of stifl",

tough paper and consists of a bottoin 21,

ends 22 and 23, and sides 241 and"25, the pocket being open atthe top, The pockets are considerably narrower than. thewvidtli of the box between the side boards 8 and 9 and somewhat shorter than the height of the box and the pockets may be of any de` sired thickness and `ot `a variety of thicknesses; A. retainer 26 issecuredupon `each iliockct, each of said retainers coinprisinga Y rectangular attaching portion 27 adapted `to bepasted` or otherwise secured to the side of the pocket, and `the extension portion 28 eir-` tending` downwardly troni "the portion 27 below the plain-1, the bottoni 2l and having a central opening` 29 toV apprtliiliniately fit the rod 12. there being aslit 30 extending downwardly from the opening 29 to the edge of the inaterial so as to provide an entrance to the opening` 29 and the edgesl and 32,` formed by the slit are preferably turned in oppositie directions and the lower `corners 33 and 341 are rounded outwardly,

so that when it is desired to insert a pocket 19 into the cabinet, the pocket turned to a position. substantially parallel with the rod 12 and guided downwardly so that the rod will engage the corners 33 and 341 and bend the edges 31 and 32 in opposite direc tions and pass into the opening7 rlhen the pocket is turned to a position transversely of the rod and the retainer holds the pocket slidinnly upon the rod, one object being to hold the pocket down while a sheet of music is being pulled upwardly 'from the pocket.

" The follower board 20 comprises `a rectangular board 35 `adapted to t transversely in thecabinet against a pocket 19, an ear 36 extending `downwardly i'roni the central 

